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WHO links 7 million premature deaths annually to air pollution; 12.5% of total global deaths
2014-03-25 11:30:27| Green Car Congress
Air pollution 'kills 7m people a year'
2014-03-25 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Air pollution kills about 7 million people worldwide every year, with more than half of the fatalities due to fumes from indoor stoves, according to a report from the World Health Organisation published on Tuesday. The agency said air pollution caused about one in eight deaths and had now become the single biggest environmental health risk. "We all have to breathe, which makes pollution very hard to avoid," said Frank Kelly, director of the environmental research group at King's College London,...
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Eleven EU nations exceed air pollution ceilings: EEA
2014-03-25 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Eleven European Union nations breached ceilings for air pollution in 2012 despite plans to avert health-damaging smog of the sort that choked Paris this month, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said on Monday. The number rose from 10 in 2011, with the addition of Malta to the list of states above national limits set for at least one of four pollutants from sources including industry and cars. "Air pollution is still a very real problem," EEA executive director Hans Bruyninckx said in a...
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Air pollution top environmental health risk
2014-03-25 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Air pollution kills about 7 million people worldwide every year, and is now the single biggest environmental health risk, with more than half of the fatalities due to fumes from indoor stoves, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) published Tuesday. "The evidence signals the need for concerted action to clean up the air we all breathe," said Maria Neira, head of the WHO's environmental and social public health department. "The risks from air pollution are now far greater...
Texas Chemical Plant Agrees To Cut Harmful Air Pollution In Overburdened Community
2014-03-24 02:24:20| pollutiononline News Articles
The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced recently that Flint Hills Resources of Port Arthur has agreed to implement innovative technologies to control harmful air pollution from industrial flares and leaking equipment at the company’s chemical plant in Port Arthur, Texas
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